So where is Peta?? Peta to the rescue. Hat Tip Weasel Zippers
Calgary Herald) — A senior Iranian cleric has decreed dogs are “unclean” and should not be kept as pets — a move aimed at discouraging western-style dog ownership in the Islamic state, a newspaper reported Saturday.
Seems much of the world is returning to the Stone age. So where are all these moderate Muslims? Hello?
Dogs are considered “unclean” under Islamic tradition but, while relatively rare in Iran, some people do keep them as pets. By issuing a fatwa — a religious ruling — Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has sent a clear message this trend must stop.
“Friendship with dogs is a blind imitation of the West,” he was quoted as saying in Javan daily. “There are lots of people in the West who love their dogs more than their wives and children.”
Guard dogs and sheep dogs are considered acceptable under Islamic law, but Iranians who carry dogs in their cars or take them to public parks can be stopped by police and fined.
The Qur’an does not explicitly prohibit contact with dogs, Shirazi said, but Islamic tradition showed it to be so. “We have lots of narrations in Islam that say dogs are unclean.” For the Rest of the story
